Anupam Kher says playing Manmohan Singh was his most challenging role

In a career spanning over four decades iconic actor Anupam Kher has portrayed an incredibly wide range of roles on screen He has never shied away from challenging himself even when he knew how demanding certain characters would beAmong the countless roles he has portrayed two stand out as particularly challenging those of political ethicist Mahatma Gandhi and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh yet he aced both with remarkable finesseThough his film portraying the legendary poet Rabindranath Tagore is yet to be released one can be certain that he must have given his best to the roleSpeaking with ANI Kher recalled what went behind essaying these charactersPortraying the characters of Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore Dr Manmohan Singh and Mahatma Gandhi was extremely difficult Among them Dr Manmohan Singhs portrayal proved to be the most difficult With Gurudev Tagore and Mahatma Gandhi we have numerous references in form of archival footage photographs even films that help capture their essence Their personalities belong to a bygone era pre and post Independence often seen in black and white he sharedView this post on InstagramA post shared by Anupam Kher anupampkherBut Dr Manmohan Singhs different hes someone weve seen in our own time on television in news clips and delivering speeches He had a very mild mannerisms Voice was mild And the whole persona was difficult And it was on an edge The character was on the edge of the blade Kher recalledKher revealed that he spent extensive time rehearsing to perfect Dr Manmohan Singhs mannerismsI rehearsed for 56 months with his mannerisms How he sits how he walks And when we were shooting in England on the first day I was rehearsing to climb and get down the stairs So someone shot a video And he uploaded it It went viral A lot of people didnt know It was in the interior of London outside a house in a village he reminiscedHe also shared a funny anecdote about how he once prankcalled a friend speaking in Dr Manmohan Singhs voice and manner His friend was so convinced that he truly believed the former Prime Minister was on the lineThe biggest thing was that his voice had a particular style And then that was very important So I made a joke with my friend So I called him in his voice My friend in Delhi almost believed thatand that was my real test Kher sharedNotably on Thursday Kher took to Instagram and shared a collage featuring his pictures of his look as Rabindranath Tagore Mahatma Gandhi and Manmohan SinghThree Characters One Actor Sometimes you need to keep making yourself and some other people realize your worth Sounds good All hail he captioned the postAnupam Kher played Manmohan Singh in The Accidental Prime Minister The film was released in 2019 He most recently portrayed Mahatma Gandhi in Vivek Agnihotris directorial The Bengal FilesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever